#KeepThePromise Pupil Support Staff training day
Friday, 15 November 2024 | Dundee
9:30am - 3:30pm
This fully-funded training is for Pupil Support Staff focusing on improving care-experienced learner’s experiences at school.
Tickets
Free for pupil support staff
Join us in Dundee for a unique, free-to-access learning opportunity aimed at Pupil Support Staff. This event is part of our #KeepThePromise: Pupil Support Staff learning programme.
This event takes place on Friday 15 November, which is an in-service day for Dundee City, Fife and Aberdeenshire Council. Registration will open at 9am. The event will begin at 9.30am and run until 3.30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
This training is free to attend, however there are costs to delivering the event and a limited number of spaces. We reserve the right to charge an administrative fee of £10 to anyone who has registered but does not turn up on the day. To avoid this, please let us know in advance if you are no longer able to attend.
Photography and filming may be taking place at the events. Please let a member of our staff know when you arrive at the event if you do not want to be filmed.
Context
Funded by the Keep The Promise Fund, since March 2023 we’ve been planning and codesigning #KeepThePromise Pupil Support Staff learning programme. Over the past year, we’ve worked with care-experienced children and young people and a group of Pupil Support Staff to gather their views on what should be in the programme. The programme has been shaped by what they’ve told us about support for care-experienced pupils in schools and what they think needs to improve further. It includes a range of in-person training events, online practice-sharing sessions, eLearning modules and online resources. All the learning opportunities are free for Pupil Support Staff.
The Promise tells us about the importance of supportive schools for care-experienced pupils, and we know that Pupil Support Staff don’t always get consistent professional development opportunities. The #KeepThe Promise Learning Programme will provide a platform to improve awareness and understanding of care experience and bring Pupil Support Staff together to network and share best practice about supporting care-experienced learners.
This event is for:
The event is open to anyone working in a role with a specific Pupil Support remit nationally. This could include roles such as: support for learning worker, pupil support assistant, classroom assistant, ASN assistant, home-school link worker, behaviour support staff and others. The event is also open to teaching staff who line-manage pupil support workers.
Programme
9am-9.30am | Registration opens
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9.30am-9.45am | Welcome from the Chair Dr Judith Turbyne, Chief Executive Officer at Children in Scotland |
9.45am-10:10am | Keynote Jimmy Paul, Head of Scottish Violence Reduction Unit |
10:10am-1pm (includes a 20-minute comfort break with refreshments) |
Trauma informed practice workshop Nicola McAllister, consultant and trainer, will take you through how trauma can impact children and young people’s brains, bodies and behaviours. Key learning:
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1pm-1.45pm | Catered lunch
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1.45pm-2.30pm | Panel discussion
Improving whole school support for care-experienced young people and the role of Pupil Support Staff |
2.30pm-3.15pm | Workshop Fostering People will share some of the key themes emerging from their School Through My Eyes Project, which is collecting the views of care-experienced children and young people about education. |
3.15pm-3.30pm | Closing remarks |
Online practice sharing
Supporting the educational rights of care-experienced children and young people
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Pupil-led approaches to empower care-experienced children and young people
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Ensuring the voices of care-experienced children and young people are heard in schools
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All about relationships: building trust with care-experienced children and young people
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We'll be launching three, free-to-access eLearning modules for Pupil Support Staff.
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